Irving has a lot of talent
and is utterly sincere, but I have to confess, I found something disturbing
about his work. - Drum!

a brief introduction to Clang
Quartet

Clang Quartet is the musical
project of Scotty Irving (drummer for Geezer Lake, Eugene Chadbourne, Benjomatic,
and others). Live, Clang Quartet is predominantly an improvisational percussion/performance-art
show, based metaphorically on his life as a follower of Jesus Christ. The
recorded output features standard instruments like guitars, keyboards,
and drums as well as Irving's own electrified crutch mixed with sound collages
of family tape recordings from his childhood & field recordings. Truly
experimental music in the spirit of Swans,
Whitehouse,
Merzbow,
and AC/DC.

Clang Quartet is one of Silber's
most important & misunderstood artists. CQ is the subject of a documentary
from Bright
Eye Pictures titled Armor of God. In 12 minutes it expains more
than I could in 24 hours. Or you can read this great article about him.

Clang Quartet's second album
The
Separation of Church & Hate was released in late 2002 on Silber.
For the past few years Clang Quartet has focused on live performances rather
than recorded output as can be heard on Revival of the Wretch &
Ava.

Discography

AvaMP3 EP 2011 | Silber 0941 track, 30 minutesdownload
zip file from SilberCaptured
on Ava is a live performance from 2008 at the Ava Gardner Independent Film
Festival. It showcases the cacophony, chaos, order, & music that
is uniquely Clang Quartet.